Reinforced concrete construction.



UNITED STATE@n lglpENT OFFICE.

W. PECKHAH. 0F HAVEN. KANSAS.

BEINFOBCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION.

Application tiled February 25,

Speeicatloa of Letters Yatent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

190s. serial No. 479,873.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. PECH- nau, a citizen of the United States, residiu at Haven, in the county of Reno and State of Kansas, have invented certain new und useful Improvements in Reinforced Concrete Construction; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it :up ertans to make and use the same.

his invent-ion relates to improvements in reinforced concrete construction.

The object is to provide a reinforced concrete construction for buildings which will be strong, durable and Inexpensive 1n construction, sanitary and absolutely tire proof.

With the foregoing and other objects in view,the invention consists of, certain novel features of construction, combination and arran ement. of parts as will be more fully descri and articularly pointed out in the ap ended c aim.

In t e accom anying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view o the walls of a building constructed in accordance with the invention; I'g. 2 is a detail perspective view of one of the corner blocks which support the side walls of the building; Figs.3 and4 are detail sectional views showing modifications of the walls and their sup Vrt-ing blocks; Fig. 5 is a detail side view of a ortion of two sec tions of the metal sheatiing or lathing of the walls showing the manner in which said sections are joined; and Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view of the same.

Referring more particularly to the. drawin 1 denotes the walls of the building w ich are formed of one or more sections. each of which is constructed of expande metal sheets 2 which arc covered on one or both sides with plastic cement. In the form of thc building shown in Fig. l, the walls are of double form or comprise inner and outer sheet metal sheathing sections. The outer sheeting section is preferably plastcred or covered on both sides with cement while the inner section is covered simply on its outer side.

The sections of the walls are supported and held in ositiou at the corners of the building by iollow concrete corner blocks 3. said )locks having formed iu their inner sides longitudinally disposed grooves 4, which are adapted to receive the edges of thc wall sections. Where the openings nre formed in the walls for doors, the ed es or F ends of the wall sections are supporte and .held in position h hollow concrete jamb blocks 5, said bloc being formed on one i side with parallel grooves 6 adapted to re-l l ceive the adjacent edges or ends of the wall sections. In the op osite sides of the jamb blocks 5 are forme vertically disposed recesses or channels 7 adapted to receive the door jambe. In the openings in the walls for the windows, the end of one of the sheathing sections is bent at ri t angles and secured in enga ment. with t e adjacent sheathing bent end forming a closure for the s ace be tween the sections of the wall. On t e outer sides of said angular-ly bent ends of the sheathing, adjacent to the inner and outer sides of the walls are fornied parallel ribs or projections 8 recess to receive the window frames.

the walls are preferably tied together and braced by transversely dis tie rods or wires 9. The outer sections of the walls are secured in enga ement with the corner blocks of the buiding by diagonal tie rods or wires 10 which are arranged between the blocks and have their outer ends clenche into engagement with the outer sheathing sections, as shown. The outer` sheathing sections are secured in engagement with the door jamb blocks by means of tie rods 12, one end of which is bent at an angle an( secured between the blocks, while the oepiposite end is inserted throuh and clench in the sheathing section. e tie rods 10 and 12 serve to old the blocks and sections of the wall tovether, thus forming a strong, durable building wall. The sheathing sections are spaced a sutlicient distance apart to provide for the ventilation nf the wall and prevent the moisture from passing therethrough.

The sheet metal sheathing sections are preferably formed in sheets und when the s aces to be cot-ered thereby are greater than l ie length of the sheets. tu'o or more of the lutter are connected together by slitting their engaging edges longitudinally to form tongues lli und ll', the alternate Ion rues of nuo sheet or section being heut sligitly iu one direction and the. corresfumdiug tongues of the other section being hunt in the olipo site direction t0 provide for the iuterhwnug und overlapping engagement of the tongues edge of the section, said angularly' which provide a channel or The inner and-outersheathing' sections ofllo e barns, sheds or out buildin of the two sheets or sections as is shown clearly in Figs. 5 and 6.

In Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, are shown modified constructions of the walls, Fig. 3 showing a wall constructed of a single piece of sheet metal sheathin plastered with cement as hereinbeforc descr: ed. This form of wall is employed in the construction of where a ventilatin space is not require In Fig. 4, of the rawin is shown a wall formed of three sheathlng sections spaced apart to pro vide two air spaces. This form of wa l is employed in the construction of cold stora e or frost proof buildings, while the doub e wall or two section construction shown in Fig. 1 is empio ed in the construction of dwellings or ordinalbuildings.

The concrete wa construction herein shown and described is set upon suitably constructed foundations and is adapted to su rt a roof of any suitable construction.

rom the foregoing description, taken in connection with t e accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the 1nvention will be readily understood without inviting a more extended explanation.

ariouschan es and the minor etails of construction may be resorted to without departing from the in the form, proportion principle or sacritici|1g any of the advantages of the invention as defined in the apl pended claim. f Q Having thus described the nature of my invention, what I claim as new and desire to g secure by Letters-Patent is: [iro proof building construction com' f prism hollow corner blocks having longitudlnn grooves in their inner faces, inner l und outer walls have their ends detachably mounted in said grooves, rods bridged across l the inner corner of said blocks and connected Il tothe ends of the outer walls, said walls havmg door and window blocks having recesses in their inner edges to receive the walls of the door openings, and recesses in their outer sides to recclve window and door frames, rods connected to the outer walls and extending obliquel and inwardly to enga e with the jamb bloc for securing the wal s to the jamb blocks, and tie rods to hold the inner and outer walls in parallelism.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand i-u presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES W. PECKHAM. Witnesses: C. W. As'rLn, A. D. Yoann.

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